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With President Trump, Is The American Experiment Over?

November 15, 2016 Tom Engelhardt, www.tomdispatch.com ,
By Tom Engelhardt for Tom Dispatch - The one thing you could say about empires is that, at or near their height, they have always represented a principle of order as well as domination. So here’s the confounding thing about the American version of empire in the years when this country was often referred to as “the sole superpower,” when it was putting more money into its military than the next 10 nations combined: it’s been an empire of chaos. Back in September 2002, Amr Moussa, then head of the Arab League, offered a warning I’ve never forgotten.

A Time For Rage

November 14, 2016 Timothy Shenk, www.dissentmagazine.org
By Timothy Shenk for Dissent Magazine - Rage, I dimly recall from a first-year intro to Western lit course, is the first word of The Iliad. A reference like that is one of many things I do that would make a Trump voter want to slap the glasses off my face, but it feels appropriate today. There will be a time for measured reflection on how to move forward. I call that time “Thursday.” Before I arrive at the last stop in Kübler-Ross’s stages of grief, I want to remember this anger. I’m not angry at Trump, at least not right now.

Anti-Trump March Turns Into Pro-Clinton Charade

November 14, 2016 Mark Hand, www.dcmediagroup.us , ,
By Mark Hand for DC Media Group - A protest march that started at the new Trump International Hotel on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC, on the night of Saturday, Nov. 12 and snaked its way through several blocks of the city was not a protest against deportations. Nor was it a protest against police violence or a protest against America’s endless wars. It was not a protest against an unfair economic system or a protest against authoritarianism, or even a plea for empathy and compassion.

Trump Owns Stock In Keystone Pipeline Corp

November 14, 2016 Antiphon Freeman, www.news.groopspeak.com , ,
By Antiphon Freeman for Groop Speak - Donald Trump will be moving forward with the Keystone pipeline project once he’s president that was put to a halt by President Obama, calling it a “priority of his administration.” Previously, President Obama has called the pipeline as being “against the national interests of the United States.” But, Trump says it will create jobs.

When Trump’s “Deportation Force” Comes For Us…

November 14, 2016 Carl Lindskoog, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Carl Lindskoog for Common Dreams - The undocumented members of our communities are frightened. And for good reason. In his first day in office, President-elect Trump has vowed to reverse President Obama’s executive orders shielding certain undocumented people from deportation, to cancel federal funding to Sanctuary Cities, and to begin removing millions of “criminal illegal immigrants.” We can and must condemn these actions. But what can we actually do to protect our friends and neighbors?

Dark Times Call For Brighter New Visions

November 12, 2016 Staff, www.thenextsystem.org ,
By Staff of The Next System Project - Our system is failing. Profound anger at a rigged system has led many voters to reach for something different – even if it means turning in a dangerous new direction. The voters have rejected a stale elite consensus, but we are now confronting a still greater threat. What remains of Madisonian checks and balances has delivered us over to a demagogue at the head of some of the most sinister forces in American political life.

Trump’s Fake Critique Of Trade Deals Leaves Out Workers

November 12, 2016 Jonathan Rosenblum, www.yesmagazine.org , ,
By Jonathan Rosenblum for Yes! Magazine - It must have been sweet music to the ears of workers in Monessen, Pennsylvania, in the heart of America’s rust belt. “Globalization has made the financial elite who donate to politicians very wealthy,” the political candidate declared during a speech at a struggling aluminum plant. “But it has left millions of our workers with nothing but poverty and heartache.”

No, Trump Didn’t Kill The TPP — Progressives Did

November 12, 2016 Arthur Stamoulis, www.medium.com , ,
By Arthur Stamoulis for Medium - If you read the headlines, Donald Trump’s election has killed the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The headlines have it wrong. Donald Trump didn’t kill the TPP. Assuming we see the fight through to the bitter end, it’s the cross-border, cross-sector, progressive “movement of movements” that will have defeated the TPP. While overshadowed by the horror of Trump’s election, this victory will be one of the biggest wins against concentrated corporate power in our lifetimes, and it holds lessons we should internalize as we steel ourselves for the many challenges we face heading into the Trump years.

Third Straight Night Of Protests Against Trump

November 12, 2016 Terrence Petty and Robert Jablon, www.hosted.ap.org ,
By Terrence Petty and Robert Jablon for Associated Press - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — From New York to Illinois to California, in red states as well as blue, protesters decrying Donald Trump's election spent another night overtaking highways, smashing store windows, igniting fires and in at least one city, facing pepper spray and rubber projectiles from police trying to clear the streets. The demonstrations stretched into a third straight night Thursday and came to a head in Portland, Oregon, where thousands marched and chanted, "We reject the president-elect!" while some lit firecrackers and sparked a dumpster blaze.

Newsletter: Time For Boldness, Clarity & Assertiveness

November 11, 2016 Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. In this moment, the movement for economic, racial and environmental justice needs be bold, clear and assertive in putting forth an agenda that will serve the economically dispossessed, those under attack by militarized police, immigrants facing detentions and deportations and demonstrate policies that ensure economic security. Where Trump is right, as in detente with Russia, the movement will support him against the neocons and humanitarian war supporters; and we will push him further for an end to war as the primary tool of foreign policy. Both parties are confronting major fissures, leadership challenges and questions about where they go from here. Their confused leadership provides an opportunity for the popular movement to fill the leadership void with policies that put people, planet and peace over profit.

International Multiracial Working Class To Trump: Waking Up A Sleeping Giant

November 11, 2016 Staff, www.www.popularesistance.org , , ,
By Staff of Popular Resistance - Trump coming into office is a road out of other roads not taken. As a result, the veil has been lifted from more and more of us who have been made to live in fear and anxiety. It has taken us out from living our lives through snapchat or Love and Hip Hop in order to confront real life. It has impacted those of us who perhaps deep down inside would have been a little relieved if Hillary Clinton got elected. This road has disrupted the enchantment of somehow feeling accomplished for doing the most in terms of political contribution via voting when actually that should be the least.

Undeterred By Trump Victory, #NoDAPL Pursues Campaign Against Lenders

November 11, 2016 Mark Hand, www.dcmediagroup.us , ,
By Mark Hand for DC Media Group - Washington, DC — Protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline resumed one day after Donald Trump shocked most prognosticators by winning the U.S. presidential election. In Washington, DC, people gathered in Farragut Square in the early evening on Nov. 9 to express their opposition to the construction of the $3.8 billion pipeline and the financial institutions that are providing loans to its developers.

Without Empathy For Trump Voters, Movements Can’t Succeed

November 11, 2016 George Lakey, www.wagingnonviolence.org ,
By George Lakey for Waging Nonviolence - This was a highly emotional election, and we need time to feel our feelings and sort out what it means for us and for the country. Donald Trump is a con man; his game is to manipulate emotions and activists can be as vulnerable as anyone else. Knowing that, we can give ourselves some space to breathe rather than hype each other’s fear. We can also begin to ask, what does his victory mean for social activists on the left? First, and most obviously, Bernie Sanders was not Trump’s opponent.

High School Students Across Country Stage Walkouts To Protest Donald Trump

November 10, 2016 Naomi LaChance, www.theintercept.com , ,
By Naomi LaChance for The Intercept - High school students across the country staged walkouts today to protest Donald Trump’s election as president of the United States. Roughly half of Berkeley High School, or 1,500 students, participated in a walkout Wednesday morning, Berkeley Unified School District spokesperson Charles Burress told CBS San Francisco. “Not my president,” they chanted as they marched.

Thousands March In Chicago To Protest Trump’s Election

November 10, 2016 Sam Charles, www.chicago.suntimes.com , ,
By Sam Charles for Chicago Sun Times - Thousands of people marched and protested through downtown Chicago on Wednesday night, voicing their disdain — in no uncertain terms — with Tuesday’s election of Donald Trump to be the 45th president. The protest began shortly before 5 p.m. outside the Trump Tower at 401 N. Wabash. What began as a group of a few dozen soon grew to a crowd of about 1,800 to 2,000 people after three groups combined into one, said Chicago Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi
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